In Peruvian Andes, ancient crops hold promise for a climate-blighted future

Mongabay
Oct 5, 2021, 9:52 am170 pts
Earlier this year, the Peruvian government established a new agrobiodiversity zone a tenth the size of its capital, Lima, high in the Andes. Here, in the Marcapata Ccollana community, the 22,679-hectare (55,800-acre) zone is home to 99 varieties of potato that flourish alongside dozens of other root vegetables…

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